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Fiona

France

Reviews

Review of Narbonne Accessoires


Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Appalling service

Having had a bad experience with another company I went to Six four les plages after I was advised to have an indépendant assessment. They told me the other company’s work was so bad my van could catch fire. I paid for a new battery to Be put on and await a reimbursement from the other company after threatening the tribunal. After an entire day I was shown the door told to pay rudely to discover it was the engineers birthday. He left à cable trailing under the vehicle and didn’t give me the PIN code for the battery pairing. A week on they ignore my emails and have spoken to the other company who I have written à legal letter to which I find appalling and has weakened my case. I intend to write to the CEO as I thought Narbonne Accessoires was a professional company. I’m disgusted

5 February 2025
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Review of Bitdefender


Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Poor customer service

After being a customer four years they’ve changed password manager to secure pass without telling customers leaving me three days with no access. I call the customer care centre and after 20 mins with a woman with a dreadful accent and no patience she cuts me off stranded after making the experience a nightmare where she shuffled through her help pages.,I won’t be renewing I advise people to go elsewhere

14 February 2025
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Reply from Bitdefender

Hi Fiona. We truly regret to know about this unpleasant experience. To ensure you can use SecurePass as needed and configure it properly, please email us using bitsy@bitdefender.com. Our team is ready to help and offer assistance!

Review of The NOCO Company


Rated 1 out of 5 stars

No charge lead in box

Bought their GB50 jump starter and box has no charge lead. Hoping they reply as Halfords been unhelpful, can’t even use it now!

9 February 2025
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Review of Halfords Retail


Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Bad experience with purchase and call centre

Not only am I disgusted that I was sold a Noco GB50jump starter with no charger but when I called their customer services I was left hanging ten minutes listening to what sounded like a trashy noisy Nairobi train station. No email address or chance of resolution I’ve written to the CEO Graham Stapleton so we’ll see if he would like to listen to his own bad call centre and help me by sending a cable which I’ve clearly paid for but not in the box
Update for your resolution
Transaction number 917571
Chingford
However case number 25454089 has details if you can be bothered or if your ceo can be bothered

9 February 2025
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Reply from Halfords Retail

Thanks for taking the time to leave feedback on your recent experience, Fiona.

We are sorry that your experience was not a positive one, and we will work hard to ensure we make this right.

Please could you update your review to include an order number/booking reference/case reference so we can get in touch with you and find a resolution?

We look forward to speaking with you soon. Thanks - Emily

Review of super-b.com


Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Five year old battery in circulation sold as new

I have been sold a Super B Epsilon 90Ah which is too small for my RV by a French repair workshop. This ruined my holiday but I have since discovered it wasn’t new when sold but five years old. The rep for my area contacted me and eitg the Serial Number has confirmed it was built pre covid in 2019. I’m now in dispute with the company re the refund because SuperB have washed their hands totally if this situation. I’m disgusted as frankly some sort of product management and recall should have been done and they clearly don’t care judging by responses

24 January 2025
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Review of Lulu Guinness


Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Doesn’t keep drinks hot let alone warm

The worst mug I’ve ever used. Left home with hot coffee in ten minutes thrown away cold! Lulu Guiness mug bought in waitrose.
Pretty but useless. I’ve written to them but they mugged me off blaming waitrose. Bears their name their design but they blame the shop that sells it

18 January 2025
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Reply from Lulu Guinness

Hello Fiona,
Thank you for sharing your feedback.
We’re sorry to hear about your experience, but it seems there may be some confusion, as we don’t sell mugs or drinkware on our website.
To help us look into this further and assist you, could you please email us at customercare@luluguinness.com with details about the product, including where it was purchased?
Looking forward to hearing from you, and thank you for bringing this to our attention.
Best regards,
Lulu Guinness Customer Care Team

Review of Ulys


Rated 1 out of 5 stars

App slow to show journey

Too long in between the journey to seeing the cost on the app

13 January 2025
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Reply from Ulys

Hello,

Thank you for taking the time to leave your review!
By downloading the Ulys app, you can track all your toll consumption on the VINCI Autoroutes network in real time. 📲
Don't forget to activate notifications to receive the breakdown of your journeys at the same time as your passage 😉 Have a good trip!

We wish you a very good trip with Ulys!
The Ulys team

Review of MédecinDirect


Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Offered free consults but told to pay

Invited by abeille insurance for 5 free video consults they tried take 55e off me

16 January 2025
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Reply from MédecinDirect

Dear Fiona,
if you have abeille insurance, you can have access to our service, however you need to add you activation code on your account. Please contact us at support@medecindirect.fr.
Justine, MédecinDirect

Review of Europcar France


Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Not great service

My car insurance arranged a Nissan Quascai at st Lo Normandy . I’m English, arrived paperwork simple but just given the car after inspecting it for damage. My car is much older, this was keyless. I was lost. I had to ask how the car went in reverse, petrol type, cap opening, handbrake system. All these things were totally different to mine. I’ve been driving 45 years nearly but just throwing a car at someone is unprofessional. The petrol gauge wasn’t easy to understand, with a red line system, so I returned to ask about that to find office closed during opening hours. On the way home the sun was dazzling and I had to wipe the entire windscreen on the inside to see through it as it was filthy. I don’t think it had ever seen a cloth. I have to say while friendly this agency wants you to sign and gone. Not impressed as afterwards they charged me 66e. I put 40e in to get it to just under full. ou to sign and gone. I put in 40e to fill it, get back to them it was just a little under charged me 66e, a week later? This is not possible because that model fuel tank capacity is 55L and when I called they stated their petrol was more then 3e a litre! as the photo shows that I’ve submitted on their page it was only just under full I can’t see you’d get 16L in. Not impressed, call got nowhere, I will formerly complain to abeille and to Europcar CEO

6 November 2024
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Reply from Europcar France

Hello Fiona,

We appreciate your feedback and we are sorry to learn you were dissatisfied with our service.

Give us the chance to solve the issue by providing more details using this link https://www.europcar.co.uk/contact-us/email where our customer service team will be in touch.

We hope to see you again.

The Europcar Team

Review of Crumb

Review of HSBC UK


Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Incompetence over account management and types

As an ex Pat account holder permanently residing in France customer services told me when in Uk to go in and upgrade my account, only way to get an overdraft facility on basic account. Barclays closed my account after forty years after brexit. So I visit Dumfries Scotland 4/10/24 who has no appointments and gave me store locator for 45 min appointment. Tried Edinburgh none. Driven 125 miles out of my way to Aberdeen for 45 min appointment to be told people who permanently live abroad cant have this overdraft facility.

Absolute incompetence from customer services, head office and three branches. Does no one know the rules
Wasted petrol wasted precious holiday time
Disgusted truly disgusted

10 October 2024
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Reply from HSBC UK

Hey Fiona, I would really like to learn more about your journey in trying to get an overdraft facility and the amount of time and effort taken to get this resolved.

To allow me to do that please can you email me on social.media.uk@hsbc.com, with #4075391 as the subject and your full name and postcode, please share some details of your experience. I will do everything I can to support you.

You can also raise a complaint here if you prefer: https://www.hsbc.co.uk/help/feedback-and-complaints/.

I hope to hear from you. -Haz

Review of Boots


Rated 1 out of 5 stars

No staff available

You can never find anyone to advise on thrir no7 range. I’ve travelled Ireland a month now Scotland still not found anyone to discuss retinol with
Disgusted frankly as all self serve tills and there’s no basic staff even let alone qualified prior even in the huge stores!

10 October 2024
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Review of P&O Ferries


Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Unhelpful and upsetting

Nowhere on booking could I add my emotional support dog. I approached a very senior member on board on desk who flatly refused.
My tiny dog has only just been accepted, I offered ID and this refusal has made me determined to use any other alternative company even if more expensive. Total jobsworth. Contacted customer support who two weeks on haven’t given me any decent reply explanation gesture of goodwill or advice on how to add this to my booking.
Disgusted this caused me a huge amount of stress being separated from my dog for two hours on the Larne Scotland quiet crossing. Hardly any passengers on board
I spend roughly £5,000 a year on ferries travelling in my motorhome and will review who I use

27 September 2024
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Reply from P&O Ferries

Hi Fiona,

Thank you for sharing your feedback. We understand how important your emotional support dog is to you, and we deeply regret the frustration you experienced. We would like to clarify that while we welcome Assistance and Guide Dogs on board as part of our commitment to accessibility, emotional support animals (ESAs) are not recognised within UK law and can travel on P&O Ferries services under the same conditions as a domestic pet.

We appreciate your understanding, and we’re sorry for the stress this situation caused you. We are working on improving our communication and processes regarding pets, and your feedback will be forwarded to the relevant teams to review how we can better accommodate and communicate our policies moving forward.

If you ever choose to travel with us again, please don’t hesitate to reach out to our customer support team in advance, and we will do our best to assist you.

Once again, we apologise for the inconvenience and appreciate your feedback.

Best regards,
P&O Ferries Team

Review of Screwfix


Rated 4 out of 5 stars

Helpful and exacting service

Needed a very particular screw for Motorhome drawers, friendly guy let me take one out he selected try it in drawer. Very particular over sizing highly recommend

10 October 2024
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Reply from Screwfix

Good afternoon, thank you for your review.

I am very pleased that you have had positive experiences in store and we welcome your comments. If you could kindly send a copy of this review, your order reference and confirm which Branch you visited, to sos@screwfix.com, so that we can ensure the person who served you is recognised for the service provided.

Many thanks Angela

Review of Direct Ferries


Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Not impressed

Expensive, nowhere to add my emotional support dog on booking hence he was refused on board

28 September 2024

Reply from Direct Ferries

Dear customer.

Thank you for taking the time to share your feedback with us. We genuinely appreciate it.

We are sorry to hear that you had a negative experience. However, it appears that your review pertains to your time on board the ferry. As this feedback does not relate to your experience with the Direct Ferries website or our team, we kindly ask you to consider revising your star rating to better reflect your interaction with Direct Ferries.

We appreciate your understanding in this matter, and we have forwarded your feedback to the ferry operator.

Regarding your inquiry about Emotional Support Animals (ESAs), the operator has informed us that, under UK law, ESAs are not recognized as assistance dogs. Unfortunately, this means they are unable to accommodate ESAs in the public areas of the ship. However, they have confirmed that both of your dogs were included in your booking and were expected on board.

If you have any further questions or require additional assistance, please do not hesitate to reach out.

Kind regards, 
Direct Ferries

Review of Halfords Retail


Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Stupid comments no knowledge

Calling in at Edinburgh for oil for a German built French Reg Motorhome on a basic Fiat Ducatto base I needed oil. My phone had no signal. Single lady admittedly obsessing a bit over which oil to buy, Instead of doing a Google search this lazy auto centre technician said to me «  frankly you could put chip oil in » I left I can’t be going with comments like that

5 October 2024
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Reply from Halfords Retail

Hi,

Thank you for your review; we greatly appreciate the time that you have taken to provide us with this valuable feedback. We are very sorry to hear that you didn’t have a great experience. We always aim to give a great level of service and we are sorry to have let you down this time.

We would love to talk to you further about this to try and make things right. To do this please can you reach out to us, and ensure you include any relevant information. This way we can get your issue resolved as quickly as possible.

https://www.halfords.com/contact-us-retail.html

We hope to hear from you soon. Thanks - Rupert

Review of Harvey Norman Ireland


Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Superb staff

One of the best shops I’ve ever been in. Every member of staff went beyond to help. I really am impressed.

11 September 2024
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Reply from Harvey Norman Ireland

Hi there,
Thank you so much for taking the time to leave this review. We are delighted to hear of your recent experience in-store, your feedback is greatly appreciated. If there is anything further that we can assist with, please don't hesitate to contact us again.
Many thanks,
Katie.

Review of EcoFlow


Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Disgusting customer service

If zero was a choice they’d get zero!
My 12v charger for delta 2 faulty. Contacted support, emails go back and forth and they just hope you go away. This off grid product has left me stranded single female in Motorhome without use of my 1,200e unit and a outage label to return it when I’m in France. It blew my 12v charger and short circuited my motorhome resulting in £192 of costs. After refusing to pay and getting no response from their CEO I called LBC consumer hour who said I’m entitled to consequential damages. At this point they tried to close my case twice. They then asked for my bank details only agreeing to pay for the cigarette lighter. Two months on, emails wearing me down asking god the same info, telling me my correct bank details were wrong, I’m still trying to get this compensation and never had a reply from their CEO after giving every bit of info of this less than one year old product, serial number registered with the system, I felt like I was going round in circles with support repeatedly asking for proof purchase. They like to sell, they love your money then leave you miserable with no power abroad. Seriously avoid this product and this company. The CEO has never replied either
I’m absolutely Disgusted

10 September 2024
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Review of DPD


Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Honteux

Tous les jours je reçois cet texto absolument
Honteux , n’utilisez pas


Désolé, votre colis ALMA SPA&SAUNA ne pourra pas etre livré ce jour. Reprogrammez votre livraison avant minuit

18 April 2024
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Review of Spa Alina


Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Action Juridique pour réparer sous guarantee

En septembre j’ai acheter un AMALFI 2 Places. Ils m’ont vendu un produit pour une nage spa Ce qui a fait mousser mon spa. En les informant, ils m'ont accusé d'avoir utilisé un maillot de bain savonneux, ce qui m'a obligé à vider et à remplir le spa trois fois, car chaque entretien hebdomadaire était à l'origine du problème. Des excuses dédaigneuses ont été reçues depuis. Malgré leur réponse ici, Je n’ai aucune date prévue! En plus ils disent le spa peut être utiliser donc ça veut dire je peut attendre et attendre et attendre. Le technicien m’a informé il est debourde, il me contacterai quand «  il a un créneau » je ne mérite pas clairement une date actuellement date et l’heure, seulement une créneau. Avec un technicien « débordé »
Donc je vous conseille…..Cette société est douée pour la vente mais attendez que votre spa se casse dans les 4 mois comme mon AMALFI. Depuis février je supplie pour un rendez-vous, 8 semaines plus tard, Ils me reprochent d'être parti en vacances, m'accusent de l'avoir cassé « par mes soins » sans aucune inspection. J’ai soigné une piscine de 11x5m pendant 10 ans sans la casse mais……le technicien m'a proposé un Rdv à 2030h dans la nuit pour le vider et réparer ce que je considère comme une heure déraisonnable et dangereuse pour travailler à côté des sangles d'une couverture d’hivernage de piscine où un accident pourrait se produire ! On me promet que leur Prestataire va m'appeler. Pas des appels ……
Me sentant déçu, je dis que le service est choquant et que je suis dégoûté. Ils m'envoient un courriel me disant de ne pas utiliser un tel langage ! Pire, leur communication a contenu les mots offensante dont un agent du service clientèle vous répondra. « Depuis, je suppose que parfois vos mots dépassent vos pensées. » Vous êtes prévenu et j'espère que vous ne vous retrouverez pas dans ma situation. Peut-être comprendront-ils le langage de mon assurance Judurique et d'une lettre AR parce que franchement je ne pense pas que cela sera réparé un jour. Je vous conseille de faire vos achats ailleurs car ils vous repousseront poliment et ne feront pas beaucoup! mes droits de consommateur ne fonctionnent pas bien avec spa Alina

3 April 2024
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Reply from Spa Alina

Madame,

Suite à nos nombreux échanges, nous vous confirmons qu'une intervention est prévue pour réparer le jet de votre spa.

Une 1ere fois, le technicien n'avait pas pu joindre pour fixer une date, puis vos agendas respectifs et votre absence d'un mois, n'ont pas permis de trouver une date précise.

A ce jour aucun client Spa Alina n'est resté sans réparation et nous vous confirmons que ce sera le cas également pour vous.

Enfin, je vous rappelle que votre spa est utilisable, vous pouvez donc en profiter.

Dans l'attente, nous vous souhaitons une belle journée.